Welcome to the shiny new version of State of Grace: not a whole different story, just a thorough and much-needed revision. Featuring: better continuity! More characterization! Consistent symptoms! A writer who knows where the plot is going from the beginning! Basically, it's the Windows 7 of fanfiction.

Illustrations from the original have been left in when they're canon-compliant; they have their flaws, but not so much that I feel compelled to redraw them. The drawings that have been retconned into oblivion won't necessarily be replaced, but there will be a few new ones, complete with less-WTF-worthy proportions.

Chapters are going to have a baseline rating of R, sometimes jumping to NC-17, and not because of hot healthy sex scenes. Check the table of contents for the (long and wordy) full list of warnings.

Endless candy-coated thanks to stellar_dust for being an invaluable beta throughout.

ONWARD.

Title: State of Grace, Chapter 1: You'll Never Be Alone AgainFandom: The Colbert ReportRating: RDisclaimer/Warnings: See the table of contents.

As before, this picks up shortly after the final chapter of Expecting. Charlene's middle name is Ophelia, after the literary woman pursued obsessively (but under false pretenses) by a very troubled man. It also gives her punny initials.